| Mr.Playstation said: Online gaming on consoles started way back in the sixth gen, were all four consoles (Xbox,ps2,gamecube and dreamcast) could allow a player to somewhat play games online. We all know how this gen ended, Ps2 dominated and the dreamcast and sega were never heard of after. During this gen Xbox released Xbox live which you needed to have to play online games but due to the lack of a huge marketshare which the xbox did not have, this type of online gaming was not used by sony and nintendo on their next gen consoles. During the seventh generation Wii was the best selling console, meanwhile the xbox 360 and ps3 at the end of the gen were at a parity. Due to a much higher marketshare which the xbox had and because Microsoft made alot of $$$ not because of the amount of software or units sold but because of their online service ,which costed around $59.99 per year, Sony took notice. Now at the preasent the ps4 and Xbox one both need a yearly/monthly subscription if one wants to play online games, meanwhile the wii u ,due to nintendo thinking that since they sold the most consoles last gen they were on the right track, does not require one to pay to play online. After all of this I am here to tell you to support the wii u this gen for an free online gaming future. Please see that if you keep your console online playable for 6 years you will have spent around 300 dollars on the ps4 and 360 dollars on the xbox one excluding buying games and so on. Please support the wii U for a no subscription online gaming future! |
I support Nintendo since I have a Wii U, but I don't like their online... so that is not the online gaming future to support. It's like supporting the ghost of online gaming's past.
